The "Essential Life Skills" are all learnable, and they are part of the "build" in life that has you accumulating what you can count on in life to create a great life. You can "power life up" by creating greater and greater mastery of

1. Learning - Powerfully being able to learn

2. Thinking - Developing True, Straight Thinking

3. Decision-making - Using the two above skills to make decisions where

you choose what works better in life

4. Problem-solving - Via the three above, with the ability to problem-solve,

Invest in this and you'll accumulate what underlies a great life rather than one that is conditional or dependent on events and other people - one where you have these mastery skills that permit you to master life for the greatest level of happiness, far beyond where most people go.

And each additional investment in these will free up more time for everything else you want to do (so there is always a net benefit, not just a cost), have you make fewer mistakes, and have you obtain more and more true happiness.

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CONTENTS

LISTING OF THE LIFE-SKILLS TO DEVELOP

THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

NOTES ON BASIC LIFE SKILLS

POWER/WISDOM IN LIFE

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Scan this listing for now to get a perspective and then read the rest of this piece.

LISTING - WHAT ARE THE LIFE-SKILLS TO DEVELOP?

THE CORE LIFE SKILLS - From these, we can develop anything we want. Without them being highly functional is impossible. (The bolded ones are the most important, most core, most necessary.)

I recommend that you pop over to this page as it makes a few more distinctions on what core competencies you should learn, plus you should rate yourself on those and decide when and how much to improve them in order to live a great life: Developing The Necessary Life Skills For A Great Life.

Learning - The key to it all! (Yes, learning is a skill. It must be done with a plan, systematically, based on expertise.)

Thinking, reasoning (Stupid non-thinking, non-reasoning, non-soundbasis assertions - all either harm life or make it much less than it can be. Luck will not make up the difference in life!)

Problem-solving (This gets us to where we want to be in life, as it is a way of identifying the gaps between where we are and where we want to be - and then how to close the gap! It is the most essential skill of all; however, it is based on using learning and thinking-reasoning.)

Decision-making (Part of problem solving, and it is the final cutting off of the other

alternatives - and the process for doing that effectively.)

Reading - Taught in school (Yet we need to dramatically up the effectiveness [speed multiplied by understanding plus applying the learning, where applicable]. Saves huge amounts of time plus a huge number of errors in life)

These are skills to become highly competent in, as investing in developing these produces huge life dividends far beyond the investment "cost". You must be convinced of this. These are all skills that make your life "unconditional", and ultimately fearless (except for tigers), without suffering, and without dependence circumstances or other people - to where you can contribute to others and the world but are not stuck in having to win approval in order to be ok or having to have someone do something for you.